Veronica serpyllifoliaL. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name); Veronica serpyllifoliaL. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Verified by James L. Reveal, Veronica peregrinaL. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Verified by Pennell,
Related name
Veronica crenulata
Veronica bolivari
Veronica peregrina
Veronica pasquorum
Veronica nummularia
Veronica serpyllifolia
Veronica humifusa
Flora
Entry for Veronica serpyllifolia L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2008) Author: S.A. GHAZANFAR, F.N. HEPPER & D. PHILCOX
Names
Veronica serpyllifoliaL. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 12 (1753); Walters & Webb. in Fl. Europ. 3: 243 (1972); Mart. Ort. & Rico in J.L.S. 135: 179 (2001). Lectotype: Europe, Herb. Linn. 26. 30 (LINN) designated by Cramer in Dassanayake, Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon: 3, 437 (1981)
Information
Perennial herb (5–)8–30(–40) cm tall; stems ascending, rooting, sometimes branched in the prostrate part, with short eglandular, rarely some glandular hairs, internodes usually longer than leaves. Leaves sessile to shortly petiolate, orbicular to elliptic or oblanceolate, 0.8–2.5 cm long, 0.5–1.3 cm wide, margins entire to crenate, glabrous or puberulous on margins near base. Inflorescence of terminal bracteate racemes; flowers (8–)15–25 appearing solitary in the axils of ovate to lanceolate bracts; pedicels 3–8 mm long. Calyx-segments more or less elliptic to ovate, 2–3(–5.5) mm long, sometime some glandular and eglandular hairs at the margins. Corolla blue to white with bluish veins; tube 5–6(–8) mm long; lobes rounded, ± 3 mm long; style 2–3 mm long. Capsule compressed, two-lobed, 2.5–3.5 mm long, 4–6 mm wide, with a persistent long style.
Range
DISTR. U 2 not recorded elsewhere in the Flora area, but widespread in montane to alpine regions worldwide
Altitude range
± 4050 m
Distribution
UGANDA Toro District Mt Ruwenzori National Park, 18 Feb. 1997, Lye 22525!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area.. CONSERVATION Even though known only from the above collection in Flora area, the species is weedy and widespread; here assessed as of Least Concern (LC)
